Two Hampshire fire investigation dogs have retired after helping put dozens of criminals behind bars. Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service’s search dogs Saxon and Inca are hanging up their detective boots after 126 (dog) years loyal service. The two Labradors between them have attended more than 500 operational incidents where they have been vital in securing many…
P&O Cruises has announce that Her Majesty The Queen, accompanied by His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh, will name the new P&O Cruises’ vessel Britannia at Ocean Terminal, Southampton, SO14 3QN, on Tuesday 10 March. The naming will be a milestone in British maritime history and will be an event of great national interest.…
Interested in flash mob Strictly Dance Fit Steps, getting your face painted, wearing something red or dying your hair, beard or moustache red to raise money on Red Nose Day whilst you are visiting Sainsbury in Ferndown? If not, then you could sponsor the store manager Richard Lockett to don his red Mohican for the day. You…
Wimborne Model Town has a new general manager, Greg Hoar, and site supervisor Nick Clark to assist with the charity attraction which reopens to the public on 28 March.
The Environment Agency has unveiled its new design for this year’s rod licences. Designed by renowned angling and wildlife artist, David Miller, the new rod licences go on sale today. The image on this year’s coarse fishing rod licence is a crucian carp (Carassius carassius) and the non-coarse is a salmon (Salmo salar). Last year…
Officers in Bournemouth are appealing for witnesses and anyone with information to come forward after a collision on Verwood Road. The incident happened at approximately 7.30pm on Monday 2 March 2015. Police attended the area of Ashley Cottages following the concern for welfare regarding a male driver of a green 51 plate Ford Mondeo estate,…
A rather unusual tree has just come into flower in Wimborne’s Knoll Gardens heralding the spring with its delicate scent and a mass of velvety cream flowers. Not often seen in the UK, the Southern Sassafras, (Atherosperma moschatum) is a native to the warmer climes of Australasia. Having come into flower several weeks earlier than…
A 57-year-old woman arrived home last Saturday around 11.30am at her address in the East Orchard area of Shaftesbury to see two men loading items from her garage into a white transit van. She attempted to stop them from driving off by clinging onto the windscreen wipers but one of the offenders got out of…
Children at Oakhurst Community First School in West Moors had a successful afternoon of swapping their toys and books. This was organised by the school’s Eco-Pirates to help remind children about ways to reuse as a way of recycling.
More than 1,000 people from across the UK have booked a place on Safer Poole Partnership’s Tackling Sexual Violence Conference, which will take place at Poole Lighthouse on Thursday 5 March. The conference – which will be the biggest of its kind in the area – will raise awareness of the impact of sexual violence…
